“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to

By: Asma Momina Mahmud Bryant

lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours. It is an amazing journey and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life begins.” (Bob Moawad). In the black community there is a constant struggle between the present and the past. There are those who have allowed the burdens of…